UT System Regents to meet Jan. 13

The University of Texas System Board of Regents will hold a special meeting by telephone conference call on Monday, Jan. 13, in Austin.

The agenda book for the meeting is available online.

The Board will convene in open session at 10 a.m. and immediately recess into executive session for discussion of individual personnel matters related to consideration of the employment contract for Charles R. Strong as Head Football Coach at The University of Texas at Austin. The board will reconvene in open session at about 10:50 a.m. to consider action, if any, on executive session items.

The meeting is expected to adjourn at approximately 11 a.m.

Members of the media may listen to open session portions of the meeting on the 9th floor of Ashbel Smith Hall, 201 W. 7th Street, and can check in at the guard kiosk on Colorado Street between 6th and 7th streets for parking.

About The University of Texas System

Educating students, providing care for patients, conducting groundbreaking research and serving the needs of Texans and the nation for more than 130 years, The University of Texas System is one of the largest public university systems in the United States, with nine academic universities, six health institutions and a fall 2013 enrollment of more than 213,000. The UT System confers more than one-third of the state’s undergraduate degrees, educates two-thirds of the state’s health care professionals annually and accounts for almost 70 percent of all research funds awarded to public universities in Texas. The UT System has an annual operating budget of $14.6 billion (FY 2014) including $3 billion in sponsored programs funded by federal, state, local and private sources. With more than 87,000 employees, the UT System is one of the largest employers in the state.